Paradox: I have used a tiny surplus of time this week to be more diligent about reading my RSS feeds. As a result, I have added quite a few "to-do" or "to-blog" items to my list, thereby creating more work and crunching my time. Paradoxical or not, I've been coming across some very relevant blog posts, reports and other items of interest. Without further ado, a quick roundup:

Over at Green Light, Daniel Englander dives deeper into the nascent IGNIA Fund (which we've mentioned before). NextBillion regulars will remember IGNIA as the $75 million 'base of the pyramid'-focused equity fund started by Alvaro Arregui and Compartamos' Michael Chu. Check out Green Light, as Englander offers some sharp analysis in addition to the latest news. Hat tip to Aman Bhandari for the referral.

Design and Reach - written by NextBillion ally Jocelyn Wyatt - highlights two new reports on Design for Social Impact. The reports are outputs from a recent meeting on the subject, convened by IDEO and The Rockefeller Foundation (Wyatt now works for IDEO). Full disclosure: Acumen Fund, my employer, helped fund this exercise and took part in it. Check out both PDF files, which represent the first cumulative effort to guide design firms' work in the social space. And stay tuned; these guides deserve - and will receive - a longer post.

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